hellenismo:Τετάρτη Μεσοῦντο&sigm
hellenismo:Τετάρτη Μεσοῦντος/ Τετρὰς ἐπὶ δέκα/ Τεσσαρεκαιδεκάτη, XIV day From today’s sunset: fourteenth day of Gamelion. Third day of Lenaia (most probable period)- theatrical competitions. From the Full Moon: beginning of the Sacred Truce for the Lesser Mysteries (until the tenth day of Elaphebolion - IGI2, 6, 76-87) The fourteenth day of each month is called “the most sacred” because “(Hesiod) praises the fourteenth day both as the day of the opening of the jars and as the best of all; in fact, the lunar light is rich..the moon reaches the middle of the total distance into which accomplishes her journey…since in the middle, in relation to the circle, perfection is found…” Scholia Erga, 819 (Detail of a statue of Kore-Persephone enthroned; VI century BCE, from Terravecchia di Grammichele, Sicily; Syrakusae Archaeological Museum) -- source link
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